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خزرج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

The root خزرج primarily relates to wind, specifically the south wind. It is also famously associated with the names of two major tribes of the Ansar in Medina, Al-Aws and Al-Khazraj, who were descendants of a woman named Qaylah.

Derived headwords

الخَزْرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    South windclassical

    A specific type of wind, identified as the south wind.

  2. 2.
    Al-Khazraj tribeboth

    One of the two major Arab tribes of Medina (Yathrib) who, along with Al-Aws, formed the Ansar. They were descendants of Qaylah.

خَزْرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    South windclassical

    The south wind, as specified by Al-Faraa'. It is described as being 'not flowing' or 'not directed'.

Parallel reading

الخزرج: ريح.
Al-Khazraj: wind.
قال الفراء: خزرج هي الجنوب، غير مجراة.
Al-Faraa' said: Khazraj is the south wind, not flowing.
وقبيلة من الانصار، وهى الاوس والخزرج ابنا قيلة، وهى أمهما نسبا إليها.
And a tribe from the Ansar, and they are Al-Aws and Al-Khazraj, sons of Qaylah, who is their mother, to whom they are attributed by lineage.
وهما ابنا حارثة بن ثعلبة، من اليمن.
And they are the sons of Harithah ibn Tha'labah, from Yemen.